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Modern Mathematical Statistics with Applications, Second Edition strikes a balance between mathematical foundations and statistical practice. In keeping with the recommendation that every math student should study statistics and probability with an emphasis on data analysis, accomplished authors Jay Devore and Kenneth Berk make statistical concepts and methods clear andā¦
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One of my favorite professors, Gretchen Martinet, used this to teach a course called āMathematical Statisticsā when I was at the University of Virginia. It is an extremely profound course full of dense but fundamental mathematical proofs in classical statistics.Ā
You will learn why the formula for the normal distribution is the way it is, why the sum of squares appears everywhere in statistics, and how to fit a linear regression by hand. In the same way calculus elevates our understanding of rates of changes, the book elevates your understanding of samples, averages, and distributions. Quant trading requires an intuitiveā¦
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